WEEK 1 – DISCUSSION FORUM

INTRODUCTION TO BIG DATA

WEEK 2 – HADOOP QUIZ

WEEK 3 – MAP REDUCE ASSIGNMENT

WEEK 4 – NO SQL QUIZ

WEEK 5 – HBASE QUIZ

WEEK 6 – SQL QUIZ

WEEK 7 – HIVE ASSIGNMET

WEEK 8 – MIDTERM (UNIT 1 – UNIT 7)

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Categorize the following tasks as suitable or unsuitable for MapReduce implementation.
Calculating the average salary on a database of Answer
payroll data.
1Choose...SuitableUnsuitable
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Sorting a 10-terabyte list into alphabetical order.
2Choose...SuitableUnsuitable
Answer
Finding the median age of respondents in a census.
3Choose...SuitableUnsuitable
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 The correct answer is: Calculating the average salary on a database of payroll data. – Suitable, Sorting a 10-
terabyte list into alphabetical order. – Suitable, Finding the median age of respondents in a census. –
Unsuitable
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The optional Combiner class follows the same model as the
Select one:

a. Reducer class
b. TaskTracker
c. Job Driver class
d. Mapper class

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The correct answer is: Reducer class
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Input and output data formats for a MapReduce job are specified in the
Select one:
a. Reducer class
b. Combiner class
c. Mapper Class

d. Driver class

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Which of the following are valid input formats for MapReduce jobs? (Check all that apply)
Select one or more:
a. Live Video Streams

b. Distributed Indexes
c. RDBMS Tables

d. Text Files

e. NoSQL Databases

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The correct answer is: Text Files, NoSQL Databases, Distributed Indexes, RDBMS Tables
Question 5
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There are always the same number of Map and Reduce tasks, which is determined by the number of data
splits.
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True

False

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Match the following use cases to the appropriate type of data store.
Storage and analysis of people, Answer 1Choose...Graph DatabaseKey-Value
friends, and relatives.
StoreColumnar StoreRDBMSDocument Store
Relational structured data used in Answer 2Choose...Graph DatabaseKey-Value
online transaction processing.
StoreColumnar StoreRDBMSDocument Store
Fast import and aggregation of Answer 3Choose...Graph DatabaseKey-Value
weather sensor data.
StoreColumnar StoreRDBMSDocument Store
Answer 4Choose...Graph DatabaseKey-Value
Storage of user comments for a web
forum.
StoreColumnar StoreRDBMSDocument Store
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The correct answer is: Storage and analysis of people, friends, and relatives. – Graph Database, Relational
structured data used in online transaction processing. – RDBMS, Fast import and aggregation of weather
sensor data. – Columnar Store, Storage of user comments for a web forum. – Document Store
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Identify which of the following are strengths of the NoSQL paradigm (choose all that apply):
Select one or more:
a. Integrity

b. Fault tolerance

c. Flexibility

d. Scalability
e. Atomicity

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Most NoSQL data stores require formal schema definitions and provide strong data typing.
Select one:
True

False

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Identify the portion of the HBase cell shown in bold:
09774305 data:name 00056348312 student1
Select one:
a. Timestamp
b. Row key
c. Column qualifier
d. Value
e. Column family

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Identify the portion of the HBase cell shown in bold:

09774305 data:name 00056348312 student1

b. Row key
c. Column qualifier
d. Value
e. Column family

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The correct answer is: Row key
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Which of the following are valid methods to access HBase?
(Select all that apply)
Select one or more:
a. Pony Express

b. Command Line Interface

c. Thrift Client
d. MapReduce Input Format

e. Java API

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The correct answer is: Command Line Interface, Java API, Thrift Client, MapReduce Input Format
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Values with the same _________________ are stored in the same physical file.
Select one:
a. Column qualifier
b. Row key
c. Value

d. Column Family
e. Timestamp

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Timestamps and incrementing numbers make the best row keys.

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True

False

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Match the following tools to where they originated:
Dremel
Answer 1Choose...MapRGoogleFacebookYahooClouderaAmazon
Drill
Answer 2Choose...MapRGoogleFacebookYahooClouderaAmazon
Hive
Answer 3Choose...MapRGoogleFacebookYahooClouderaAmazon
 Impala
Answer 4Choose...MapRGoogleFacebookYahooClouderaAmazon
PIg
Answer 5Choose...MapRGoogleFacebookYahooClouderaAmazon
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The correct answer is: Dremel – Google, Drill – MapR, Hive – Facebook, Impala – Cloudera, PIg – Yahoo
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Pig Latin is what kind of language?
Select one:
a. Declarative
b. Functional

c. Procedural
d. Object-oriented

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Apache Drill provides a full-service drop-in replacement for an RDBMS.
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True

False

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Hive provides a fully ANSI SQL92 compliant query language.
Select one:
True
False

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